“H.Res. 734 expresses the sense of the House that the State Department has abused its classification authority by withholding from Congress and the American people information about the extent of corruption in the Maliki government. The resolution further condemns the State Department for retroactively classifying documents that had been widely distributed previously as unclassified, and by directing its employees not to answer questions in an open forum that call for Broad statements/assessments which judge or characterize the quality of Iraqi governance or the ability/determination of the Iraqi government to deal with corruption, including allegations that investigations were thwarted/stifled for political reasons. Cosponsors include Reps. Tierney, Maloney, Lynch, Yarmuth, Braley, Norton, McCollum, Van Hollen, and Schakowsky.” [Click here to see a list of highlights video clips of the hearing on Iraqi corruption.]
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Patient Drug Information Available from PubMed
NLM Technical Bulleting: “Starting October 12, 2007, some PubMed users will see links to a drug information resource on over two million citations. PubMed’s AbstractPlus display format includes links to “Patient Drug Information” from MedMaster; a publication of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and a new monograph on the NCBI Bookshelf. (For additional… Continue Reading
Treasury Releases Second in Series of Papers on Social Security Reform
“Treasury today released the second in a series of papers on Social Security. Issue brief No. 2 entitled “Social Security Reform: A Framework for Analysis” discusses a top-down framework for designing and evaluating Social Security reform plans.” Report on Issue Brief No. 2: Social Security: A Framework for Analysis, October 12, 2007 (18 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
CMS Launches Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder
Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder: The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare. The site includes content areas as follows: Find & Compare Plans that Cover Drugs; Enroll in a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (Online enrollment will be available beginning November 15, 2007); View Your Current Plan; Learn More About Drug Coverage Options; Learn… Continue Reading
FTC: The Truth About Cell Phones And The Do Not Call Registry
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on the Internet, consumers should not be concerned that their cell phone numbers will be released to telemarketers in the near future, and that it is not necessary to register cell phone numbers on the National Do Not Call… Continue Reading
Net Critic Hails Yahoo Search
Why Yahoo, not Google, should drive your search, by Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune Internet critic, October 12, 2007: “The Yahoo [search] effort…is so impressive I’m going to make it my default searcher. Best is “Search Assist,” an expandable box right below where you type your query that offers a bevy of clickable terms to help… Continue Reading
DOD IG for Auditing: Report on Defense Civilian Pay System Controls
D-2007-133 Defense Civilian Pay System Controls Placed in Operation and Tests of Operating Effectiveness for the Period of July 1, 2006, Through June 30, 2007 (September 28, 2007) (Project D2007-D000FB-0189.000) PDF Continue Reading
VitalStats Introduces New Section on Perinatal Mortality data
“VitalStats, an online data access tool, introduces a new section on perinatal mortality data…In the perinatal mortality section of VitalStats, you can access pre-built linked birth/infant death tables and fetal death data files.” Provisional Vital Statistics for February 2007 Released. Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for February 2007 Continue Reading
DOT OIG Audit: Information Security Program at the Department of Transportation
DOT OIG Audit – Information Security Program at the Department of Transportation, October 10, 2007, Project ID: FI-2008-001 “Summary: On October 10, 2007, we issued our final report on the annual audit of the Department of Transportation’s Information Security Program as required by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). FY 2007 was a particularly… Continue Reading
ITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation on Certain Hard Disk Drives
Press release: “The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain hard disk drives, components thereof, and products containing the same. The products at issue in this investigation are hard disk drives made using dissipative ceramic bonding tips, components of such drives, and products containing such drives. The investigation is… Continue Reading
